WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2023: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today introduced a bill, with support from every member of the House of Representatives' Georgia delegation, to rename the Hinesville Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in honor of Liberty County's own John Gibson, Dan Ninkey James, William Edward Sapp, and Frankie Lee Smiley who tragically laid down their lives in the Vietnam war. Once passed, the bill will off more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2023: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C), was selected to serve as Vice Chair of the E&C Communications and Technology Subcommittee. "I'm thrilled to work alongside Communications & Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta as his Vice Chair for the 118th Congress. From improving rural broadband and communications systems to fighting politica more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following statement: * * * "The horrific killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis has once again shaken the nation's conscience. Mr. Nichols and his family deserve justice. "Those who are sworn to protect and serve must be held to the highest standards of accountability. "Whether on our streets or in our prisons and jails, brutal disregard for human rights offends the principles enshrined in our Constitution. "I continue to call  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to protect Georgia's forests and expand public lands. Sen. Ossoff is working to expand the Dugdown Mountain Corridor and the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest to protect precious forests for conservation, forestry, and recreational use. The proposed Dugdown Mountain Corridor project would build on a multi-state effort to connect the Paulding/Sheffield Forest a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined a bipartisan cohort of senators to re-introduce the Choice in Affordable Housing Act, which seeks to improve the federal government's largest rental assistance program. The bipartisan bill would make it easier to access Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) -- often referred to as Section 8 vouchers -- and attract and retain landlords to the progra more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is leading the push to declare racism a public health crisis, reintroducing a resolution that would formally recognize the role of race in health disparities in America. Senator Warnock previously joined with a group of colleagues to introduce the resolution in April 2021. "Dr. King once said that of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2023: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock's resolution to congratulate the University of Georgia (UGA) on its fourth national college football championship passed the U.S. Senate. Sens. Ossoff and Warnock introduced the resolution on the heels of UGA's College Football Championship -- making them the first college football team in the playoff era to earn back-to-back national titl more PR